August 24, 2005
Yesterday I was looking for the wikipedia page for google talk. It was saying something like "... Google is rumored to be developing ..." (see historic version). Today I reload the page and there is complete page full of details. There is also an Easter Eggs section! Already! And it was released today!! Wow, wikipedia is really collective knowledge at power!
Since it is only for Windows, I have no chance to try GoogleTalk and anyway I don't miss it at all.
In the meantime, I try to guess the next subdomain will be office.google.com but the link for now leads somewhere else ...
July 25, 2005
Wikipedia Charts are very cool. They show the evolution in time of the number of Wikipedians - Articles - Database - Links - Daily Usage. See the All languages or for the Italian version. There are so many data you could design a lot of interesting tests. This also reminds me of this event:
Wikimania 2005 - The First International Wikimedia Conference, August 4-8, 2005, Frankfurt am Main.
May 11, 2005
Wikimania 2005: The First International Wikimedia Conference will be held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from 4 August 2005 to 8 August 2005.
Original research is welcome, but not required. Be bold in your submissions! Wikimania is meant to be both a scientific conference and a social event. (from WikiMania Call4Papers).
I'm thinking about going. By chance, can you host me during these days in Frankfurt?
The Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia: A Memoir (part1) (part2) posted on SlashDot is a terrific read. I really really really recommend it!
"Larry Sanger was one of the moving forces behind the pioneering Nupedia project. That makes him one of the people to thank for Wikipedia, which has been enjoying more and more visibility of late. Sanger has prepared a lengthy, informative account of the early history of Nupedia and Wikipedia, including some cogent observations on project management, online legitimacy, dealing with trolls, and other hazards of running a large, collaborative project over the Internet."
I also recommend the Power Structure page on meta.wikipedia.org
"Wikipedia's present power structure is a mix of anarchic, despotic, democratic, republican, meritocratic, technocratic, and even plutocratic elements"
January 27, 2004
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Since I spoke of WikiTravel, I like to mention World66. That seems a lot more advanced.
I'm wondering if my next holidays will be based on a work licenced under a Creative Commons licence. That would be great!
November 07, 2003
Wikitravel.org is a free (as in freedom), complete, up-to-date and reliable world-wide travel guide.
Who create and update the guide? You! Yes, thanks to the disruptive technology called wiki, you can go on Wikitravel.org and edit the page about your city and your country or whatever page!
[Instruction: go to a wikitravel page, scroll to the bottom, click on "Edit this page" link, enjoy!]
You can read more on kuro5hin.org || Wikitravel: Bazaar-style Travel Guide Development
In July 2003, my partner Maj and I founded a project called Wikitravel. Our goal is to create a free (as in freedom), complete, up-to-date and reliable world-wide travel guide. The project was inspired by the success of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, but also by our total frustration with inaccurate and incomplete commercial travel guides.
If it's the first time you heard about the concept "WIKI", my suggestion is to investigate it a little bit. You will in love with this simple and easy but disruptive technology.
I already felt.
